diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
index fdea5d6324..08ad99ecb9 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
@@ -1864,6 +1864,7 @@ function(_qt_internal_process_resource target resourceName)
         return()
     endif()
     set(generatedResourceFile "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.rcc/${resourceName}.qrc")
+    _qt_internal_expose_source_file_to_ide(${target} ${generatedResourceFile})
 
     # Generate .qrc file: